Automatic vending machine

Abstract

An automatic vending machine ( 1 ) is provided with a vending machine main unit ( 10 ), with a play device ( 20 ) including a stuffed toy ( 21 ) on which a user can ride and a drive mechanism ( 24 ) for driving the stuffed toy ( 21 ), and with a control device that controls the vending machine main unit ( 10 ) and the drive mechanism ( 24 ) in the play device ( 20 ). The vending machine main unit ( 10 ) and the play device ( 20 ) are interconnected via the control device. The vending machine main unit ( 10 ) includes a product dispensing mechanism (( 14 a ( 14 )), and payment accepting mechanisms (( 13 a ), ( 13 b ) ( 13 )) for accepting payment for the item, wherein the control device activates the product dispensing mechanism (( 14 a ( 14 )) so as to deliver the item to the outside, as well as activates the drive mechanism ( 24 ) in the play device ( 20 ).

1. An automatic vending machine having a vending machine main unit, a play device furnished with a riding section for allowing a person to ride thereon and with a drive mechanism section for driving the riding section, and a control means for controlling operation of the vending machine main unit and play device, the vending machine main unit and the play device being interconnected via the control means, the vending machine characterized in that:
 said vending machine main unit is provided with a product dispensing mechanism for delivering exteriorly a product stocked beforehand inside the main unit, and said play device is provided with a payment accepting mechanism for accepting payment for the product; and 
 said control means is configured so as to check, based on the payment accepted by said payment accepting mechanism, whether the accepted payment is equivalent to a value for the product and, when having determined acceptance of payment equivalent to the value of the product, to activate said product dispensing mechanism to discharge the product exteriorly, and meanwhile activate said drive mechanism section.